2023 BECE Regional Breakdown Statistics

The 2023 BECE has officially begun today, Monday, 7th August, 2023. The Ghana Education Service has released the registration breakdown statistics for the exams.

A total of 600,714 candidates will sit for the 2023 BECE. Out of this number, 300,323 are males while 300,391 are females. 2137 examination centers will be used to the exams. 21027 Invigilators will be available for the 2023 BECE.

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN

Ashanti region – 117,084
Males: 57,973
Females – 59,111

Ahafo/Bono/Bono East – 55,617
Males- 27,882
Females – 27,735

Volta/Oti – 44,221
Males – 22,723
Females – 21,498

Norten/North East/Savannah – 46,783
Males – 24, 706
Females – 22,077

Western/Western North – 22,437
Males – 10,558
Females- 11,879

Upper West Region – 14,804
Males – 7,163
Females – 7,641

Greater Accra region – 112,894
Males – 54,624
Females – 58,270

Eastern Region – 58,311
Males- 29,703
Females – 28,608

Central region – 68,035
Males- 34,166
Females – 33,869

Western/Western North – 60,528
Males- 30,825
Females -29,703

SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY

Two papers will be written on Monday. They include; Religious and Moral Education (RME) and English Language. RME will be written first followed by the English Language.

Religious and Moral Education 2 (Essay) will start at exactly 9.00 a.m. and end at 10.00 a.m. Religious and Moral Education 1 (Objective) will also start at 10.00 a.m. and end on 10.45.

Candidates will now take a break from 10:45 am to 1:00pm.

The English Language paper will begin at 1:00pm. However, candidates must be seated 30 mins before that time. The English Language 2 (Essay) will start 1.00 p.m. and end at 2.10 p.m. The Objectives will start at 2.10 p.m and end at 2.45 p.m.

THE SITTING ARRANGEMENTS

WAEC has its own way of ensuring decency in the sitting arrangements of all candidates in order to prevent cheating.

1. Candidates will sit based on their index numbers. The index numbers are generated using the surname of candidates. Candidates whose surname starts with the letters A or B are usually found at the first row of the exams hall. This varies as some examiners or invigilators do prefer to start the arrangement from the back of the exams hall.

2. The distance between seats will be between 1 meter and 2 meters. This will prevent some candidates from cheating.

3. Candidates will not use the same examination hall to write all papers. Writing elective subjects will require a small number of candidates  and for this reason, the exams hall or the seat one sat on for a core subject paper will not be the same seat for the elective subject paper.

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